Thirdweb announces $24m Series A led by Haun Ventures

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Written By Rick Watson

Thirdweb has created a development toolkit to make it easier to build and launch web3 products such as blockchain games, NFTs, DAOs, marketplaces and more.

Thirdweb’s tools helps companies build what are called web3 apps more easily.  Web3 at this stage is essentially an idea that the world will be connected via smart contracts, decentralized finance, and independent actors.  Color me skeptical, but I am calling it out here because Shopify is an investor.  I jumped down the web3 rabbit hole last year and sorry to say that I found 95% scams and grift.

My take on this is that Shopify has much bigger fish to fry at the moment with its logistics investments.  But this is an investment and not a Shopify product, so just hope Tobi isn’t thinking about this too hard.

Thirdweb: Announcing $24m Series A: Accelerating the adoption of web3 with Haun Ventures, Coinbase, Shopify, and Polygon

Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/
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